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Aung San Suu Kyi

Commons · Question 57614 · Tabled 5 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 11 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to urge the Government of Burma to release Aung San Suu Kyi from solitary confinement and prison on grounds of clemency ahead of her 80th

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 11 Jun 2025

We condemn the arbitrary detention of Aung San Suu Kyi. The charges against her are politically motivated. On 31 January, to mark the fourth anniversary since the coup, the Foreign Secretary called for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, and all those arbitr...